Beyond the political purpose of free speech, the First Amendment provides American people with a marketplace of ideas.. Rather than having the government establish and dictate the truth, freedom of speech enables the truth to emerge from diverse opinions.
cerclage. [ 1 serklÄzhâ²] 2  1 an orthopedic procedure in which the ends of an oblique bone fracture or the chips of a broken patella are bound together with a wire loop or a metal band to hold them in position until healed.
Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  friction, rubbing(noun) the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another. 2  rubbing(noun) representation consisting of a copy (as of an engraving) made by laying paper over something and rubbing it with charcoal.